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...Sidney Falco - what underworld poetry that name expresses! What an amalgam of Jewish brain and Italian muscle! What a collision of the scurrying nebbish (Sidney) and the soaring predator (falcon)! Sidney is the protagonist of "Sweet Smell of Success," originally a novelette by Ernest Lehman, published in 1950 in Cosmopolitan. Seven years later, the story, rewritten by playwright Clifford Odets, was made into a film directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Curtis as Sidney and Lancaster as the Winchellesque columnist J.J. Hunsecker - another fabulous name, for an Attila who sucks the honey out of his minions and spits it into...
...brother makes a rotten father and mother, especially if he also happens to be J.J. Hunsecker." - Susie Hunsecker in Ernest Lehman's 1950 story...
...British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said that the Alsatian capital, "which throughout its long history has suffered as a bone of contention between the warring nations of Europe," would make an ideal home for the Council of Europe. His wish came true in 1949, and other European institutions followed. The European Parliament meets for a week every month in stunning new waterside offices, and the Court of Human Rights passes judgement in a huddle of futuristic buildings designed by renowned British architect Richard Rogers. All three institutions are open to the public...
Other committee members are Medical School Associate Dean for Clinical Programs David R. Calkins, Gates Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering H.T. Kung, Professor of Biostatistics Nan M. Laird, Divinity School Associate Dean for Academic Affairs David C. Lamberth, Warren Professor of American History Ernest R. May, Law School Dean of the J.D. Program Todd D. Rakoff ’67, Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs John Ruggie, and Kumagai Professor of Architectural Technology Daniel L. Schodek...
...selection committee under Warren Professor of American History Ernest J. May is currently meeting to determine Pryor’s succesor, but as of now the committee is not commenting on the selection process, according to students...